Voices from the Other Side
Voices from the Other Side
WMPG
Voices from the Other Side is primarily intended, first of all, to be a beacon of hope and a true 'voice" for our "forgotten" incarcerated communities, of both women and men , within the confines of the Department of Corrections. Certainly our target audience( as well as interviewees) may very well be these same prisoners , who might otherwise ,for the most part, face an almost insurmountable task of ever being heard from, by the outside community, while serving out their sentences. On the other hand, our "stakeholders" could very well, for example, also include the Commissioner of the DOC, leaders within the "recovery communities," or perhaps someone advocating on behalf of the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition.also, ... In gratitude to Michael Geneseo, Graphic Artist, for his conceptual ideas, to final image design we believe best captures our vision and spirit, in his own words... " I wanted to use elements that gave a feeling of imprisonment while affording some wiggle room in the graphics so that it’s not all prison. The orange I chose is two-fold: first to reference the orange jumpsuits that are so synonymous with jail and second because orange is an active and positive color. "
Tom Flynn interview Part 2
Feb 11, 2021
19 min
Interview with Tom Flynn
I recently caught up with Tom Flynn, a former Development Director, as well as host of his own radio show, Saltwater Farm. while he lived here in Portland in the early 2000's. Several years later,Tom with his wife, decided to leave Portland and relocated to Minneapolis for a position at a K-12 public school. Tom gives us a very personal first hand view of what it was like there, just days after the tragic death of George Floyd, and the devastating fires and riots, incited primarily by an out of state fringe group.
Aug 7, 2020
24 min
Joan, Jail & AA
Mar 12, 2020
22 min
Interview with Rosie ,Executive Director of The R.E.S.T. recovery center
The R.E.S.T. recovery center is located on 205 Main St, Lewiston. Rosie the Executive Director says " We've now found that the opposite of addiction isn't "recovery" - the opposite of addiction is connection, because that is what we are missing as a society."
Feb 12, 2020
1 hr 8 min
Transformation Project - Rob Korobkin - Episode 3
Rob Korobkin, owner / operator of Courage House shares frustrations of having "lost the war on drugs"... but not until there is a cease fire..." Also, a discussion of the "Good Grid" software tool
Jan 17, 2020
19 min
Transformation Project - Sarah Coupe -episode 2
arah Coupe, Pres. of "MARR," Maine Association of Recovery Residences, explains her role as having "lived experiences..." w/ lots of Choices"..in her work as founding dir. of Grace House for women...", setting a higher standard to empower." Also, Brittany Fearon, Assistant Program Manager, "MARR" & Ronald Springel MD: Program Manager of MARR.
Jan 17, 2020
50 min
Transformation Project-Bruce Noddin - episode 1
Bruce Noddin, Dir. of Maine Prison Reintry Network is again the leader of this meeting of the Greater Portland Transformation Project.
Jan 17, 2020
18 min
Courage House - tour
"House Tour"... Sean Crothers takes Isaac on a walking tour of Courage House from the basement to the Cupolla.
Dec 10, 2019
24 min
Courage House
Rob Korobkin and Sean Crothers give a synopsis of how "Courage House" came to be, and how some of the "townspeople" were dropping by with "pitchforks and torches." The mansion at 24 School St. has always existed as a single -family unit /"boarding house" for as long as anyone can recall..
Dec 10, 2019
9 min
Greater Portland Transformation Project- part 2
part 2- RecentIy the Greater Portland Transformation Project ,an arm of the Maine Prisoner Re-Entry Network, held a stakeholders meeting at the "Cafe," located on Main St., Westbrook, ME. I welcome you to listen in to Rick Haywood of ProTech Solutions, Kim Ward of the United Way, as well as a case manager from the Maine Correctional Center. Thank you for tuning in to Voices from the Other Side!
Dec 2, 2019
8 min
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